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Institution of 

Engineers. 




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RULES and BYE- LAWS. 



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V. K. Jones & Co., Printers, Perth. 



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Western Australian 

Institution of 

Engineers. 




FOUNDED 1909. 



RULES and BYE-LAWS, 



Office - Bearers. 

Session 1910-1911. ^ 






J. Thompson, B.E., M. Inst. C.E. 

lDice*lPi:c6i5ents : 

W. Leslie, M. Inst. E.S., M. Inst. M.E. 
E. E. Light, M. Inst., C.E. 
W, C. Reynoldson. 

Council : 

R. J. Anketell. 
J. W. Darker. 

E. A. Evans, A.M. Inst. M.E. 
H. W. Hargrave, M. Inst. C.E. 

H. T. Haynes, A.m. Inst. C.E., M.R.S., Inst. 
B. S. Hume, M. Inst. M.E. 

F. W. Lawson, A.M. Inst. C.E., M.R.S. Inst. 
J. MuiR. 

P. V. O'Brien, M. Inst. C.E. 

H. Oldham, M. Inst. C.E. 

J. Pidgeon, M. Inst. C.E. 

J. Stoddart ' 

Ztcasntct : 
G. E. Farrar. 

BuMtors : 

W. Brockway ; J. Faulkner. 

Sccretac)2 : 
W. B. Shaw. 



RULES 

OF THE 

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTION OF 
ENGINEERS. 

{Established igog) . 



Section I. 
Objects. 

1. The Western Australian Institution of Engineers shall ^°J^^'^- 
include Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, HydrauHc, Mining, or other 
professional engineers. 

2. Its objects shall be the advancement of engineering knowledge 
and practice and the maintenance of a high professional standard 
among its members ; and the promotion of the professional interests 
of engineers, and the improvement of their professional status. 

3. Among the means to be empli^yed for this purpose shaU be 
meetings for the presentation and discussion of appropriate papers 
and for social and professional intercourse ; the pubhcation of such 
papers and discussion as may be deemed expedient ; the maintenance 
of a hbrary ; the collection of maps, drawings, and models, and the 
estabhshment of facilities for their use. 

4. To acquire and dispose of property for the purposes aforesaid. 

5. To do all other things incidental or Cv^nducive to the attainmen 
of the above objects or any of them. 



Section II. 

Constitution, 

6. MEMBtRS shall consist of Members, Associate Members, ^°"s''^"^'°"' 
Associates, Honorary Members and, Students. 

(a) A Member shall be more than thirty years of age, and shall ^^^'"^^''s- 
come within one of the following conditions : — 

(i] He shall have been regularly educated as an Engineer, shall 
have had subsequent employment for at least five years 



Associate 
Members. 



Associates. 



Honorary 
Members. 



(2) 



(b) 



and shall have been actually engaged in a responsible 
position as Engineer in some of the branches defined in 
the Articles of Association as"constituting the profession 
of an Engineer ; or 

He shall have practised on his wn account in the profession 
of an Engineer for at least five years and shall have acquired 
a considerable degree of eminence in the same. 



Associate Members shall comprise every person who 
being an Engmeer by profession is elected into the class of Associate 
Members, 

Every candidate for election into the class of Associate Member 
shall be more than twenty-five years of age. 

(i) He shall have been regularly educated as an Engineer, 
shall have passed such examination or examinations as 
are appointed or are recognised by the Council, and shall 
be actually engaged at the time of his application for 
election, in the design or in the construction of such works 
as are comprised within the profession of an Engineer as 
defined by the Articles of Association ; or 

(2) He shall satisfy the Council that he has had a sufficient 
training, that he has been engaged for at least five years 
and that he is actually engaged at the time of his applica- 
tion for election in the design or in the construction of 
such works as are comprised within the profession of an 
Engineer as defined by the Articles of Association, and 
shall furnish a satisfactory Thesis or Paper on a professional 
subject ; or 

(3) He shall, whilst complying with either of the foregoing 
conditions as to training and occupation as set forth in 
the paragraphs (i) and (2), afford satisfactory proof to 
the' Council of his fitness for election without either ex- 
amination or the submission of a Thesis or Paper. 

(c) Associates not entitled to the privileges of corporate 
membership shall be persons who are not engineers by profession, 
but who by their connection with Science or the Arts or otherwise 
fare qualified to confer with Engineers in the advancement of pro- 
essional knowledge, 

{d) Honorary Members shall be either distinguished in- 
dividuals, who from their position are enabled to render assistance 
in the prosecution of important works, or persons eminent for 
science and experience in pursuits connected with the profession of 
an Engineer, but who are not engaged in the practice of that pro- 
fession in Western Australia. 



{e) Students shall be persons not under eighteen years of age, Students. 
who are, or have been, pupils of Corporate Members of the Institution, 
or of any educational institution approved by the Council, or any 
duly entered apprentice of an educational standard approved by 
the Council, who have comphed with these Bylaws, and who have 
the object or intention of becoming engaged in the design or in the 
construction of such works as are comprised within the profession 
of an Engineer as defined by the Articles of Association ; such 
persons may continue Students until they attain the age of 
twenty-six years, but not longer. 

7. The affairs of the Institution shall be managed by a Council, Management, 
consisting of a President, three Vice-Presidents, twelve Members 

of Council, Treasurer, and two Auditors. 

8. Three Trustees will be appointed at the first General Meet 
ing who will hold office at the pleasure of the members. They shall 
carry into effect all resolutions respecting the control of the property 
or the investment of the funds passed by General or Special Meetings 
of members. 

9. Every Member, Associate Member, Honorary Member, As- 
sociate and Student shall be governed by the Rules and Bylaws of 
the Institution, and shall refrain from doing any act likely to prejudice 
the Institution or the profession of Engineering. 

10. Subject in all cases to compliance with these Rules : — 
Members and Associate Members shall be entitled to all the 

privileges of the Institution. 

Honorary Members and Associates shall be entitled to use the 
Library and attend meetings of the Institution, but shall 
not vote on any questions. 

Students shall be entitled to use the Library and attend meetings 
of the Institution, and when present vote on all questions 
not to be decided by ballot. 



Section III. 
Contribution to the Funds. 

II. Every Member, Associate Member, Associate and Student Entrance Fees. 
shall on admission to the Institution pay a fee equivalent to his annual 
subscription as an entrance fee. 

(a) Members whose place of business or whose residence is within Resident and 
50 miles of the Perth General Post Office shall be considered resident Menlber's''''"' 
members, and those beyond such limit non-resident members. 



Annual 

Subscription. 



Trajisference. 



• • (/;) The annual subscription shall be : for each Resident Member 2 
guineas, Non-resident Member i| guineas, for each Resident Associate 
Member 1^ guineas, and Non-resident Associate Member i guinea, 
for each Resident Associate i guinea, and Non-resident Associate 
^. guinea, for each Student, resident or non-resident, | guinea. Should 
a Non-resident Member become a Resident Member, or should a Resi- 
dent Member become a Non-resident Member, the annual subscription 
shall vary accordingly, the change taking effect from the next date 
upon which the subscription becomes due. ■ , • 

(<:) Members on being transferred to higher grade shall pay the 
difference in the entrance fee before being admitted to that grade. 



Life {d) Any Resident Member whose subscription is not in arrears may 
Membership, compound for future annual subscriptions by the payment of 20 
guineas. Any Non-resident Member may similarly compound by the 
payment of 15 guineas ; but should he come to reside, or have his 
place of business within the residential limit, he shall pay the remainder 
of the composition — viz., 5 guineas, or 20 guineas in all; otherwise 
he must pay one half the usual annual subscription for Resident 
Members during each year of such residence. 



Subscriptions 
due March i 



Disqualification 
of those in 
arrears. 



{e) All subscriptions shall be payable in advance and shall become 
due on the ist day of March in each year ; and the first subscription 
of each Member, Associate Member, Associate, and Student shall date 
from the ist day of March in the year of his election, 

(/) In the case of each Member, Associate Member, Associate, and 
Student, elected in the last three months of any year, the first sub- 
scription shall cover both the year of election and the succeeding year. 

• 12. ■ Any Member, Associate Member, Associate, or Student, 
whose subscription is in arrear beyond the first day of July shall not 
be entitled to atteni any meeting nor to vote at any election. 

• 13. • In the case of any person whose subscription is two clear 
years in arrears, the Council shall have power, at its discretion, to 
remove the name of the said person from the roll of members of the 
Institution, but such action on the part of the Council shall not release 
the member from his liabilities. 



section iv. 
Election to the Institution. 



Form of 1 4. Any person desirous of being elected to the Institution as 

App ication. jyjgjj^i^gj.^ Associate Member, Associate, or Student, or any Student de- 
siring to become a Member, must be proposed and recommended accor- 
ding to Form A and B {vide Appendix), and shall submit the same 



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to the Council, together with an outline of his professional career, and 
such additional documentary or other evidence of his qualifications 
as the Council may require, and shall sign the promise on the back 
of the said form. Should the Council, by a majority of the Members 
present, decide to favorably entertain such apphcation, it shall submit 
the same to the Institution at its next Ordinary Meeting. 

15. All apphcations thus submitted to the Ordinary Meeting ^by'|.°allo°t.''^ 
of the Institution shall be decided by ballot ; the proportion of votes 

for securing the election of any candidate shall be at least two-thirds 
of the number voting ; provided at least fifteen Members record 
their votes, and if less than fifteen votes are recorded, the ballot shall 
be postponed to next Ordinary Meeting. 

16. Any person duly elected as Member, Associate Member, Any person 

■^ ^ •' elected to be 

Associate or Student shall be informed thereof without delay by a informed 
letter, according to Forms D, E {vide Appendix). He shall also besupphed pay'^Iees!" 
with a copy of the Rules of the Institution and shall, within one month 
from the receipt of such notice, pay his entrance fee and one year's 
subscription, or the election shall become void ; but the Council 
may in particular cases extend the time. 

17. Every person proposed as an Honorary Member and willing Honorary 
to accept that honor must be recommended by the Council, and elected 

by ballot in the manner set forth above. 



^ Section V. 

Election of Council and Officers. 

18. The President, Vice-Presidents, Honorary Treasurer, and Council how 

elected. 

Ordinary Members of Council, with the exception of such Past Presi- 
dents as may be ex-officio Members of the Council, shall be elected by 
and from amongst the members, by ballot, at the Annual General 
Meeting, in the manner following : — 

19. The President shall be elected from amongst Vice-Presidents "■"^^^Q^"'^- 
and ex- Vice-Presidents. He shall retire annually, but shall be eligible 

for re-election, but shall only hold office for two years in succession. 

20. Vice-Presidents shall be elected from amongst Members of Vice-Presidents. 
Council. At each Annual General Meeting the Senior Vice-President 

shall retire, but shall be eligible for re-election. Should both Vice- 
Presidents have been elected on the same date, the one who had 
fewest votes on that occasion shall be the one to retire first. 

21. Past Presidents shall be Members of the Council. Past Presidents. 



Members to 22. One-third of the members elected to the Council at the Annual 

retire. General Meeting shall retire at the expiration of one year from their 

election, but shall be eligible for re-election. 

Members 23. No Member shall be ehgible for a seat on the Council until 

eligible. 1. 1 11 1 

he shall have been a Member of the Institution for one year. 

Nominations. 24. Any qualified Member may offer himself, or propose any 

other qualified Member for Election as President, Vice-President, 
Honorary Treasurer, or Member of Council. Such nominations must 
be made at least 14 days before the annual meeting. 

Balloting Lists. 25. The Council shall receive such nominations, and may add 

other names, and shall prepare balloting lists of candidates. These 
lists shall contain in the case of ordinary Members of the Council at 
least six names more than the number of vacancies to be filled. 

To be sent to all 26. Copies of such balloting lists shall be sent to Members only, 

not disqualified, fourteen clear days before the date of the Annual Gen- 
eral Meeting. The names of all candidates for the same office shall be 
printed in the same character of type and in alphabetical order. Every 
balloting list before being sent out shall be marked as the Council 
may direct. No one shall be entitled to receive more than one copy 
of each list. 

How to be dealt 27. In using these lists for voting any name or names may be 
struck out, but the number of names on the list, after such 
erasure, shall not exceed the number required to fill the vacancies. 
Lists not in accord with this rule shall be rejected. 

Scrutineers. 28. Before Commencing the election at the said Annual Meeting, 

the Members present shall elect two of their number to act as Scrutin- 
eers, who shall receive the ballot papers. The ballot shall commence 
not sooner than 8 o'clock p.m., and shall continue open one hour. , 

Ballot lists may ^9- Members unable to attend such Annual Meeting may send 

be sent to the their ballot lists by post addressed to the Secretary, and endorsed 

becretary. 

" ballot paper " on the outside of the envelope. Such ballot papers 
shall be handed unopened by the Secretary to the Scrutineers at the 
election. 

Results of ballot 30. After the ballot has closed the Scrutineers shall make known 

ced to meet- the results to the Chairman, who shall announce them to the meeting. 



vacancies. 



Council may fill 3^- ^he Council may fill up any vacancy occurring amongst its 

members or ofhce-bearers. The person appointed to fill such vacancy 
shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which the person 
whose seat he fills would have held office. 



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32. Two Auditors shall be appointed at the General Meeting Auditors, 
following the Annual General Meeting, to hold office for the ensuing 
twelve months ; but vacancies may be filled at any General Meeting, 

The Auditors shall be Members of the Institution, but not of the 
Council. 

Section VI. 

The Council. 

33. The Council shall transact all the ordinary business of the Duties of the 
Institution. It shall have power to order the payment out of the °^^^^ " 
funds of the Institution of such salaries or allowances to all paid 

officers as it may determine ; and it shall cause to be kept proper 
minutes of its proceedings. It shall also have power to appoint 
Committees, and to pass Bylaws for the regulation of its own affairs, 
and from time to time rescind, alter, or amend such By-laws, provided 
that such be not repugnant to the Rules of the Institution. 

34. The Council may appoint and remove any paid officers or Paid officers 

^^ ^ i-jr J r j^i^j servants. 

servants that the Council may consider necessary for duly carrying 
out the objects of the Institution. 

35. The Council shall prepare, and shall cause to be submitted Tq submit 
to the Institution at each Annual General Meeting, a report of the Report" and 
transactions and proceedings for the past year, together with a balance- Balance 
sheet duly audited by the Auditors, appointed as hereinbefore directed. 

36. The Ordinary Meetings of the Council shall be held at such Ordinary 

-^ _ J G Meetings. 

time and place as it may from time to time determine ; and in the event 
of there not being a quorum present within half-an-hour of the time 
appointed for any meeting, the President or Vice-President, or, in their 
absence, the Secretary, may adjourn the meeting to such other time, 
distant not more than seven days, as he may see fit, otherwise such 
meeting shall be considered t6 have lapsed. 

37. The President, of his own motion, may, and upon receipt Special 
of a requisition signed by three Members of the Council, the Secretary 
shall convene a Special Meeting thereof, provided two days' notice 
shall be given to each Member of the Council ; and at any such Special 
Meeting no business shall be entertained other than that for which 

such meeting shall have been convened. 

38. At all meetings of the Council four shall form a quorum ; Qtiorum and 
and every question shall be decided by a majority of the Members 
present by a show of hands, except that any resolution, the effect of 
which would be to rescind, alter or amend the By-laws of the Council, 
or to amend a resolution passed at a previous meeting, shall have no 
effect unless supported by at least six Members. 



are to be 
decided. 



Chairman. 39- At all meetings of the Council, the President, or in his ab- 

sence the Senior Vice-President, shall take the chair, and in the event 
of the voting being equal shall give a casting vote. In the absence of 
the President and Vice-Presidents, the Members present shall elect 
a Chairman from amongst themselves, who shall, for the time being, 
exercise the functions of President. 

^tTanend'^'"^ 4°. If any ordinary Member of the Council fail to attend its 

meetings Meetings for three consecutive months without obtaining leave o^ 

feit seats. abscnce, or furnishing a reason for such absence satisfactory to the 
Council, the Council shall cause a notice to be sent to such Member 
at his last recorded address, to the effect that it is intended to declare 
his seat vacant. The Council may then at a meeting, held not less than 
fourteen days after such notice has been sent, declare the seat vacant, 
and may thereupon elect another Member of the Institution to fill the 
vacancy unless he satisfactorily explains the reasons for his absence. 

Council to make 41. The Council may make By-laws and Regulations for carrying 

to be con- ^ ' o^ the business of the Institution, and from time to time alter, amend, 

firmed. repeal, vary, or add to the same ; but any By-laws or Regulations or 

any alteration or amendment thereon, or addition thereto, shall only 

come into force after the same has been confirmed at a general meeting 

of the Institution. 

Council to invest 42. The Council shall be entitled to invest the funds of the 

funds, pur- ^ 

chase and sell Institution as they think fit on such security heritable or movable as 
subje^ct ^to to them seem proper, and may alter or vary the investments from time 
confirmation, j-q time. The Council may purchase or sell property, heritable or mov- 
able, for the use of the Institution, and may borrow money on the 
security of the property of the Institution, subject to confirmation 
by the Institution at an extraordinary meeting called for the purpose. 



Section VII. 
Treasurer and Auditor. 

Duties of Hon. 43. The Hon. Treasurer shall be ex-officio a Member of Council 

The Hon. Treasurer shall receive all moneys paid to the Institution 
and shall deposit the same before the end of each month in the bank 
approved by the Council, to the credit of an account opened in the 
name of the Western Australian Institution of Engineers. 

Payments. 44. Payment from the funds of the Institution shall be made 

only upon the order of the Council, and by cheque signed by one 
Member of the Council, and countersigned by the Treasurer and 
Secretary. 

Duties of 45. The Auditors shall have access at all reasonable times to the 
""'^^' accounts of the Institution, and they shall verify and sign the annual 
statement of the accounts before it is submitted to the Annual General 
Meeting. 



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- Section VIII. 

The Secretary. 

46. The Institution shall have one paid Secretary, who shall be Secretary, 
responsible to the Council for the due performance of his duties. 

47. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, under the direction of Duties of 
the Council, to issue notices and receive monies and account for 

same to the Treasurer, to conduct the correspondence of the 
institution ; to attend all meetings of the Institution and of the 
Council, and of Committees ; to take minutes of the proceedings of 
such meetings ; to read the minutes of the preceding meeting and 
all communications that may be ordered to be read. He shall 
generally conduct the ordinary business of the Institution under the 
direction of the Council. 



Section IX. 
Standing Committees. 

48. The Council shall appoint a Publication Committee of two of 
its Members. Office shall be held for periods of two years, except that 
at the end of the first year one Member, to be selected by a ballot of 
the Council shall retire. Retiring Members shall be eligible for re- 
election. The Committee shall have control of the Reporting, Editing, 
Printing, and Publication of all Journals, Proceedings, Papers, Discus- 
sions and Reports of the Institution, and shall advise, what papers, or 
parts thereof, may be presented at the Meetings of the Institutions and 
what Papers or Discussions, or parts thereof, may be printed or appear 
in the Proceedings. The Committee may return a Paper to the Author, 
for correction or revision, and may request the advice of one or more 
Members of special experience relating to the subject matter of such 
Paper, but no Revised Paper, or abstract of a Paper, shall appear in 
the Proceedings without the Author's consent. The Council may 
revise any action of the Committee, or remove any Member therefrom. 

49. All Committees and Officers shall, at each Council meeting, 
submit to the Council an estimate of the amounts they propose to ex- 
pend, and shall incur no liabilities or enter into any contract on behalf 
of the Institution, except as authorised by the Council. 



Section X. 
Meetings of the Institution. 
50. The Ordinary General Meetings of the Institution shall be Ordinary 
held on the first Wednesday of each month, subject to alteration by ^1^^"'^: 
the Council with due notice. Notice ot business shall be sent to all 



Resident Members, Associate Members, Associates, Honorary 
Members, and Students, at least three days before each meeting. 

Business. 51. The Ordinary General Meetings shall receive and. deal wit^^ 

the reports and recommendations of the Council ; ballot for the ad" 
mission of new Members, Associate Members, Associates, Honorary 
Members and Students ; deal with any business of which any Member 
shall have given notice to the Council in writing not less than fourteen 
days previous to such meeting ; hear and discuss any paper ; and dis- 
cuss and decide upon any matter arising out of any such business. 



Visitors. 



Annual 
Meeting. 



Special 
Meetings 



52. Members, Associate Members, and Associates may introduce 
two friends, and a Student one friend, to be present at any Ordin- 
ary Meeting of the Institution, on the name and address of such friend 
or friends, with the name of the introducer, being written in a book 
provided for the purpose, or, in the absence of such book, handed to the 

Secretary. Any other visitors can only be admitted on the written 
order of the President or a Vice-President or by permission of the 
Chairman of the Meeting. Visitors present in accordance with this 
rule shall be amenable to the By-Laws, and may take part in the dis- 
cussion of any paper. 

53. The Annual General Meeting of the Institution shall be held 
on the first Wednesday in the month of March, subject to alter- 
ation by the Council with not less than fourteen days' notice. At 
this meeting a report and balance-sheet, duly audited, shall be read, 
all office-beaiers elected, and any other necessary business transacted 

♦ 54. The Council may at any time call a Special General Meeting 
for a specific purpose relative to the direction and management of the 
concerns of the Institution, and the Secretary under the direction of 
the Council is at all times bound to do so on a requisition in writing of 
fifteen members, specifying the nature of the business to be transacted. 



Notices of 
Special 
Meetings 



Proxies. 



55. A notice shall be sent to all classes of Members at least three 
days before the time appointed by the Council for a Special General 
Meeting. The notice shall specify the nature of the business to be 
transacted, and no other business shall be dealt with at that meeting. 

56. At any meeting of the Institution any Member may vote as 
proxy for any other Member on any question which is not to be de- 
cided by ballot, after lodging with the Chairman of such meeting an 
authority signed by such other Member. 



Quorum. 



Chairman. 



57. Fifteen Members and Associate -Members shall constitute a 
quorum at any meeting of the Institution. 

5cS. At all meetings of the Institution the President or, in his ab- 
sence, the Senior ^'ice-President shall preside. In the absence of the 



President and Vice-Presidents, the Members present shall elect a Chair- 
man from amongst themselves, who shall, for the time being, exercise 
the functions of President. In the event of voting being equal, the 
Chairman shall, in addition to his ordinary vote, give a casting vote. 

59. No resolution passed at any meeting shall be altered at any Alteration of 
subsequent meeting unless notice of the same shall have been sent to 

the Members and Associate Members with the notice convening the 
meeting, nor unless such subsequent alterations be determined upon 
by a majority consisting of two-thirds of the Members and Associate 
Members present at such subsequent meeting. 

Section XI. 
Miscellaneous, 

60. (a) All Papers or written contributions to the Discussion by Papers, 
■absent Members intended to be read at a meeting of the Institution 
shall be submitted to the Publication Committee by the Council, and, 

if approved, shall become the property of the Institution and may be 
read at such meeting as the Council may determine, and the Institution 
shall have the prior right of publication of the same, and shall claim 
exclusive copyright in such Paper or Discussion, except as against the 
Author. 

[b] Papers containing matter otherwise readily accessible, promo- 
ting personal or commercial objects, carelessly prepared or foreign to 
the interests of the Institution, shall be rejected. 

(c) Should the reading or publication of an accepted paper be re- 
fused or delayed beyond a reasonable time, the Author thereof shall 
have a right to publish it as he may think fit, thirty days after having 
notified the Secretary, in writing, of such intention. 

{d) The Author of a Paper shall be entitled to twenty (20) copies 
•of the same when printed, but will be called upon to pay, at such rates 
as the Council may determine, for any number in excess that he may 
require. 

{e) Proofs of a Printed Pape , and of the reported discussions 
thereon, shall be sent to the Author, and, so far as possible, proofs of 
the discussions to those participating therein, with a request that at- 
tention be promptly be directed to any error. 

61. No discussion on any Paper shall extend beyond two meetings Discussion of a 
next after the reading of such Paper, unless by special resolution of P^P^"^* 

the General Meeting. 

62. As soon as practicable after each Annual General Meeting, ^°" °^ '■^^ 
a complete list shall be prepared of the office-bearers for the year, and 

•of the Members, Associate Members, Honorarv Members. Associates and 



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Council may 
remit sub- 
scriptions in 
certain cases. 



Resignations. 



Complaints. 



To be investi- 
gated by the 
Council,. 



Students on the roll of the Institution. The hst of Members shall show 
clearly who are the office-bearers for the year, and who have been 
Presidents, with th ^ year of their presidency, also the date of election, 
and (except in the list of office-bearers) the address shall be given op- 
posite each name. 

63. In the case of any Member who has been long distinguished 
in his professional career, or who has rendered special service to the 
Institution, but who, from ill-health, advanced age, or other sufficient 
cause, does not continue to carry on a lucrative practice, the Council, 
if it finds good reason for so doing, may remit the annual subscription, 
together with any arrears which may be due from such individual, and 
allow him to retain his rank or to resume his former rank in the Insti- 
tution. The Council may, further, in such a case accept a collection 
of books, or drawings, or models, or such other contribution as, in its 
opinion, may be considered as equivalent to a composition for future 
annual subscriptions, and may enrol him as a Life Member accor- 
dingly. These cases must be considered and reported upon to the 
Council by a Committee appointed by the Council for that purpose. 

64. Any Member, Associate Member, Associate, or Student 
desiring to withdraw from the Institution shall first give written notice 
to the Council of such intention ; and he shall be liable for payment 
of all subscriptions due at the date of such notice. 

65. Any charge against a Member, Associate Member, Honosary 
Member, Associate, or Student for an infringement of the Rules or 
By-laws of the Institution, or against any Member for unprofessional 
or dishonorable conduct, shall be submitted to the Council in writing, 
duly signed. Anonymous complaints shall not be entertained. 

66. Any such charge shall be investigated by the Council as soon 
as convenient after the receipt of the duly signed document containing 
the charge, and if the Council considers there is good ground for the 
charge, after notification to the Member concerned, it may require 
anyone connected with the Institution to supply information or 
give evidence in the case. If the matter be of sufficient importance,. 
the Council may submit its finding upon the charge, and its recom- 
mendation thereon to the Institution. 



Witnesses. 



Results ho\ 
decided. 



67. Any Member, Associate Member, Associate, Honorary 
Member, or Student called upon to answer any charge, or called as a. 
witness in an inquiry, and failing to attend and give evidence such as 
it may be in his power to give, may be required by the Council to 
pay a sum not exceeding £s (five pounds) sterling to the fun 's of the 
Institution, or may be dealt with as provided- in Rule 66. 

68. Every charge of the kind, hereinbefore specified, brought 
before the Instit tion shall be decided by a majority of votes by 



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ballot of the Members present. The Institution may confirm, vary, 
or disallow the finding of the Council in respect to such charge, and the 
de ision of the Institution shall be final and conclusive. 

69. Any Member, Associate Member, Associate, Honorar\^ Offenders how 
Member, or Student who, after due investigation, sh-11 have been ^^^^^ 
found to have infringed any of the R les or By-laws ( f the Institution 

may, at any meeting of its Members, be reprimanded from the chair, 
or suspended for any period not exceeding twelve months. The 
name of anyone who may be suspended shall be removed from the 
roll, and such person shall not be entitled to exercise any of the privi- 
leges of the Institution during such suspension. 

70. In case the expulsion of any Member, Associate Member, Expulsion. 
Associate, Honorary Member, or Student be judged expedient, 

a proposal to that effect shall be signed by ten or more 
Members, and submitted to the Council for consideration. If 
the Council find goo 1 reason for the proposed expulsion, 
a letter shall be sent to the person whom it is proposed 
to expel advising him to withdraw from the Institutim. If 
that advice be followed, no entry shall be made on the minutes, 
nor any pubUc discussion on the subject be permitted ; but if that 
advice be not followed, nor a satisfactory explanation given, the Council 
shall call a Special Meeting of Members for the purpose of deciding on 
the question of expulsion ; and if a majority of the Members present 
at such Special Meeting (provided the number so present be not less than 
twenty) vote that such individual be expelled, the Chairman of that 
meeting shall declare accordingly. The Council shall cause the decision 
to be communicated to the individual concerned at his last known 
place of residence. 

71. Any resolution of the Institution at an Ordinary or Special Alteration of 
Meeting to rescind, alter or amend any of its Rules or By-laws, shall By-Laws, 
have no force until confirmed at a Special Meeting of the Institution 

ensuing not less than one calendar month after the meeting at which 
such resolution shall have been adopted. 

72. The income and property of the Institution, from whatever Income and 
source derived shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the P'^°P^''*y- 
objects of the Institution as set forth in the Articles of Associa- 
tion, and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or 
indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever, by way 

of profit to the persons who at any time are or have been Members of 
the Institution or to any of them, or to any person claiming through 
any of them ; provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent 
the payment in good faith of remuneration to any officers or servants 
of the Institution, or to any Member of the Institution or other person, 
in return for any services rendered to the Institution, or prevent the 



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giving of privileges to the Members of the Institution in attending the 
Meetings of the Institution or prevent the borrowing of money (under 
such powers as the Institution and the Council thereof may possess) 
from any member of the Institution at a rate of interest not greater 
than six per cent, per annum. 

73. _ In the event of the proposed establishment of an Institu- 
tion, having objects similar to this Institution, for the whole of the 
Commonwealth of Australia, and representing each of the States, 
the Council are empowered to negotiate with a view to affiliation, 
but the question of affiliation shall only be finally determined by a 
majority at a Special General Meeting of Corporate Members called 
for the purpose, 

^°even^"of w"ind- 74- Every Member of the Institution undertakes to contribute to 

ing up. the assets of the Institution in the event of the same being wound up 

during the time that he is a Member or within one year afterwards for 
payment of the debts and liabilities of the Institution contracted before 
the time at which he ceases to be a Member and of the costs, charges 
and expenses for winding up the same and for the adjustment of the 
rights of the contributories amongst themselves such amount as may 
be required not exceeding one pound. 

Distribution of 75- If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Institution there 

assets in event J. jj^g^j^g after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any pro- 
of winding up, ■' ^ 

perty whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among 

the Members of the Institution, but shall be given or transferred t j some 
other institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects 
of the Institution, to be determined by the Members of the Institution 
at or before the time of dissolution, or in default thereof, by such 
Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice as may have or acquire juris- 
diction in the matter. 



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BY-LAWS. 

To Regulate the Proceedings of the Institution at 
ITS Meetings. 

1. In these By-laws, unless otherwise clearly intended, the term 
" Member " shall be held to mean any Member, Associate Member, 
Associate, Hon. Member, or Student, who may be entitled to be 
present at such meeting. 

2. At every Ordinary Meeting of the Institution the first business 
thereof shall be the reading and putting a question for the confirmation 
of the minutes of the proceedings at the preceding Ordinary Meeting, 
and of the minutes of any Annual or Special Meeting which may have 
been held since such Ordinary Meeting, and no discussion shall be 
permitted thereon except as to their accuracy as a record of the pro- 
ceedings, and such minutes after having been confirmed shall be 
signed by the Chairman. 

3. After the signing of the minutes the order of business at an 
Ordinary Meeting shall be as follows, or as near thereto as may be 
practicable : — 

(i) Reading of reports and recommendations of the Council 
and ordering thereon. 

(2) Admission of Members, Associate Members, Associates. 
Honorary Members, and Students. 

(3) Orders of the day and ordinary business. 

(4) Motions of which notice has been given. 

(5) Reading and discussion of papers upon professional sub- 
jects. 

4. At every Annual Meeting of the Institution the business shall 
be taken in the order set forth in Rule 53. 

5. All notices of motion delivered or sent to the Council shal^ 
be dated, and the Council shall cause such notices to be entered in a 
book to be kept for that purpose in the order in which they are received. 

6. No member shall make any motion initiating a subject for 
discussion, except in pursuance of notice given as herein prescribed. 

7. Except by leave of the Institution, motions shall be moved in 
the order in which they have been received, and if not so moved or 
postponed shall be struck out. 



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8. No motion entered in the notice of motion book shall be 
proceeded with in the absence of the Member who gave notice of the 
same, unless by some other Member producing written authority from 
him to that effect. • • - ... 

9. • Any Member desirous of making a motion or amendment 
or taking part in a discussion shall rise and address the Chairman, and 
shall not be interrupted unless called to order, when he shall sit down 
(unless permitted to explain) until the Member calling him to order 
shall have been heard thereon and the question of order disposed of, 
when the Member in possession of the chair may proceed with the 
subject. 

• 10. Any Member desirous of proposing an amendment must 
state the nature of the same before proceeding to address the Institution, 
thereon. ■ 

11. No motion or amendment shall be discussed or put to the 
vote until seconded, but any Member may require the enforcement 
of any Rule, By-law or order, by directing the Chairman's attention 
to its infraction. 

12. All motions, whether original motions or amendments shiU 
be reduced to writing, signed by the mover, and delivered to the 
Chairman immediately on their being moved and seconded. ■ • 

• -13. No second or subsequent amendment shall be taken into 
consideration until the previous amendment is disposed of, unless 
with permission of the Chairman. 

14. No motion or amendment which has been seconded shall' be 
withdrawn without the leave of the seconder, 

15. Any Member moving a motion shall be held to have spoken 
thereon, but any Member merely seconding a motion shall not be held 
to have spoken upon it. 

16. The mover of every original proposition, but (unless with 
permission of Chairman) not of any amendment, shall have a right 
to reply,' after which the question shall be put from the chair. 

17. If two or more Members rise to speak at the same time, the 
Chairman shall decide which is entitled to priority. 

18. Any Member making use of any disorderly expressions, or 
speaking out of order, and having been twice called upon to withdraw 
and to apologise for such disorderly conduct, and refusing to do so 



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shall be guilty of an otifence against this By-law. It shall thereupon 
be competent for an}'- Member of the Institution to move that the 
person guilty of such offence leave the Meeting, and if such motion be 
carried, the Chairman may require the said ^lember to leave, and in 
case of a refusal, cause him to be removed. Action taken in ac- 
cordance with this clause shall not bar further action being taken under 
the General Rules of the Institution if thought desirable. 

19. Any Member may demand the production of any documents 
of the Institution applying to the question under discussion. 

20. If a debate on any motion moved and seconded at a meeting 
of the Institution or any order of the day, be interrupted by the number 
of Members, present becoming insufficient for the transaction of 
business, such debate may be resumed at the point where it was so 
interrupted at any adjournment of such meeting ; or if there be no 
adjournment, then at the next Ordinary Meeting. 

21. Any one or more of the provisions of these By-laws may 
be suspended for a special purpose on motion upon notice duly given 
by a Member and carried, and shall not otherwise be suspended 
except by a unanimous vote of such Members present at the meeting. 




FORM A. 

(Proposal as Member, Associate Member, or Associate.) 

Name in full 

Designation or Occupation 

Business Address 

being years of age, and desirous of admission into The 

Western Australian Institution of Engineers, we, the under- 
signed proposer and seconder, from our personal knowledge, and (at 
least) two other supporters, propose and recommend him as a proper 
person to belong to the Institution. 

Witness our hands this day of 

{Four Members' or Associate Members' Signatures are required.) 

Proposed from personal knowledge by 

Seconded from personal knowledge by 

Supported from personal knowledge by 

Supported from trustworthy information by 

[Those who sign this form are desired to append their initials to the 

portions of the statement of which they have personal knowledge.] 
Engagement. 

I, the undersigned, do hereby agree that, in the event of my 
election as Member, Associate Member, or Associate, I will be governed 
by the regulations of the Western Australian Institution of En- 
gineers as they are now formed, or as they may hereafter be altered ; 
that I will advance the objects of the Institution as far as shall be in 
my power, and will attend the meetings thereof as often as I convenient- 
ly can : provided that, whenever I shall signify in writing to the 
Secretary that I am desirous of withdrawing from the Institution, I 
shall (after the payment of any arrears which may be due by me at 
that period) be free from this obligation. 

Signature of Candidate - 

Initials of ^ 
Supporters. 

Date and place of birth ~ 

General Education (with dates) 

Technical Education (with dates, subjects taken, 

and successes gained) - 

Apprenticeship (with dates, and particulars of 

training received) ^ 

Subsequent Career (with dates, and positions 

held) 

Brief details of most important engineering work 

for which candidate has teen personally 

responsible - 

Membership in other Societies : • . - 

Signature of Candidate 

[Members supporting this proposal are requested to place their initials 

against those particulars of the Candidate' s career of which they have- 
personal knowledge?^ ■ ■ ■ 



FORM'S. 

(Proposal^ AS Student.) 

Name in full 

Designation or Occupation 

Business Address 

Address for Communications 



being years of age, and desirous of becoming a 

Student of the Western Australian Institution of Engineers, we, 
the undersigned proposer and seconder from our personal knowledge, 
and the other signatories from trustworthy information, propose 
and recommend him as a proper person to become a Student thereof. 

Witness out hands this day of 

[Three Members' o^' Associate Members' Signatures are required.'] 

Proposed from personal knowledge by 

Seconded from personal knowledge by 

Supported b)^ 

Date and place of birth 

General Education (with dates) 

Technical Education (with dates, subjects taken, and successes 

gained) 

Apprenticeship (with dates, and particulars of training received) .... 



Subsequent Career (with dates, and positions held) 



Signature of Candidate 



I, the undersigned, do hereby agree that in the event of my 
election I will be governed by the regulations of the Western Aus- 
tralian Institution of Engineers, as they are now formed or as 
they may hereafter be altered : provided that, whenever I shall signify 
in writing to the Secretary that I am desirous of withdrawing from 
the Institution, I shall (after the payment of any arrears which may 
be due by me at that period) be free from this obligation. 

Signature of Candidate 



FORM C. 

(Proposal for Transference.) 

Name in full , 

Designation or Occupation 

Business Address , 

being years of age, and desirous of being trausf erred 

into the class of of the Western 

A ^ tralian Institution of Engineers, we, the undersigned, from 
our personal knowledge, recommend him as a proper person to be so 
transferred by the Council. 

Witness our hands this day of 

[Five Members' or Associate Members' Signatures are required, from 
personal knowledge.'] 

{Members of the Council do not sign this form.) 



Proposed by 



Seconded by 

[Those who sign this form are desired to append their initials to the 
portions of the statement of which they have personal knowledge.'] 

Initials of 
Supporters. 
Qualifications since joining the Institution 



Signature of Candidate 

[Members supporting ths proposal are requested to place their initials 
against those particulars of the Candidate' s career of which they 
have personal knowledge'^ 



FORM D. 

Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that on the 



you were elected a of the Western 

Australian Institution of Engineers. For the ratification of your 
election in conformity with the rules, it is requisite that your Entrance 
Fee and first Annual Subscription te paid, the amounts of which are 

and respectively. 

If these te not received within two months from the present date, 
the election will become void. 

I am, Sir, you obedient servant, 

Secretary. 



FORM E. 

Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that on the 

you were elected a Student of the Western Aus- 
tralian Institution of Engineers. For the ratification of your 
election in conformity with the rules, it is requisite that your first 

Annual Subscription be paid, the amount of which is 

If this be not received within two months from the present date, the 
election will become void. 

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 

Secretary, 



FORM F. 

Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that the Council have 

approved of your being transferred to the class of 

of the Western Australian Institution of Engineers. For the 
ratification of your transference in conformity with the rules, it is 
requisite that your additional Entrance Fee and additional Annual 
Subscription for the current year be paid, the amounts of which are 

and respectively. If 

these be not received within two months from the present date, the 
Transference will become void. 

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 

Secretary. 



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